Moore v. State

380 S.W.2d 626 (1964)

Ormond MOORE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 36914.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 27, 1964.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1964.

Glenn Polk, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Stephen W. Guittard, Edwin L. Davis, W. John Allison, Jr., and C. M. Turlington, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for murder; the punishment, death.

On the night in question, the deceased and one James Hill were riding together in the city of Dallas in a 1956 Ford automobile. The…